Bottle



(No Model.)

A. R. CAMPBELL.

BOTTLE. No. 604,720. Patented May 31,1898.

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INVEN TOR A TTORNEKS UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ALLAN ROBERT CAMPBELL, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR TO AROHIBALDCAMPBELL, OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,720, dated May 31,1898.

Application filed July 1, 1897. Serial No. 643,061 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLAN ROBERT CAMP- BELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Birmingham, county of Jefferson, and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersand figures of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles and means for closingthem, the object thereof being to provide a device of this characterconstructed in such a manner that a change in its distinctive appearanceis brought about by the act of uncorking or opening it, whereby thebottle cannot be reused or recorked after it has been emptied of itsoriginal contents.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a vertical sectional elevation of the upper portion of my improvedbottle, showing the same filled and corked. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the stopper used for closing the neck of the bottle.Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the cork used for sealing the bottle,the two sections thereof being disconnected from each other; and Fig. iis a side elevation of a device adapted for use in the operation ofuncorking or opening the bottle.

In the practice of my invention I provide at the upper end of thebottle-neck an enlarged opening having an interior screwthread 1 formedthereon, adapted for engagement with a screw-stopper 2. The lower end ofthe neck of the bottle is of a slightly-contraeted diameter and engageswith a cork A, comprising two semicircular sections a and at, these saidsections being held together to prevent vertical displacement thereof bymeans of a disk a composed, preferably, of noncorrosive metal or anyother substance of a nature harder than the cork. This said disk is usedas a bearing-surface for a plunger B, adapted for forcing the corkwithin the bottle-body for the purpose of opening the bolt tle. Onesection of this said cork contains, preferably, a plate a adapted forcontaining a number a or any other suitable matter. This said plate isused in the nature of a conpon, and in use it will have some valueattached thereto, whereby the user of the bottle will desire to removeit, so that it may be redeemed by the manufacturer.

The stopper 2 is preferably composed of glass, and it has an aperture 3leading therethrough, adapted for discharging liquid from the bottle.closed by means of a loosely-fitting cork 4c. The glass stopper isfurther provided with an annular flange 5 and projections 6, adapted foruse in attaching or screwing the stopper to the neck of the bottle. Thestopper is f urther provided with a concaved under surface 7 to admit ofreadily discharging all the contents of the bottle.

In the operation and use of'the invention the bottle is first filled toa suitable height. The sectional portion a is then forced within theneck thereof by means of any suitable instrument, after which thescrew-st0pper 2 is inserted within the outer end of the neck, and toprevent the removal thereof it is preferably cemented therein by meansof a thin coating of any-suitable cement.

In order to remove the contents of the bot tie, it is necessary to forcethe cork A downwardly within the body thereof. Free outlet is thenadmissible through the channel 3 of the stopper 2, and the cork 4 may beused for temporarily closing the bot-tle until the same is entirelyempty. It is obviousthat the sections of the cork A will separate afterthey are forced within the body of the bottle, whereby it will beimpossible to recork the bottle, and if the plate a is placed at avaluation sufficiently high to make it an object for the user of thebottle to return same to the manufacturer it will be necessary to breakthe bottle in order to secure the plate,whereby an incentive is affordedfor the destruction of the bottle and the manufacturer is as-.

sured that it will not be used for the purpose of containing spuriouscompounds.

As a means for dislodging the cork A any plunger 13 of a size adaptedfor insertion This said aperture is normally through the channel 3 maybe used: but I prefer to use a plunger constructed after the fashion ofthe device illustrated in Fig. 4 of the'drawings, wherein a rod B leadsthrough a-cap or head B, which can be placbd over the neck of thebottle, as illustrated bydotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new,' and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1, In a bottle, the combination of a threaded stopper having a concavelower end permanently secured within the outer end of the neck thereofand a removable sectional cork placed within the lower portion of theneck thereof, the sections united by a disk, the said stopper having anaperture leading therethrough for discharge of fluid from the bottle,

' substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bottle, the combination of a cork comprising two sections unitedby a disk in the lower portion'of the neck thereof and a concealedcoupon between said sections, and

a threaded stopper having an aperture lead-,

ing therethrough and a concave lower end,

said stopper permanently secured in the outer ence of two witnesses,this 23d day of June, 1897.

ALLAN ROBERT CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

R. S. JACKSON, HENRY B. GRAY.

